Word: fascism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This time the old man could not even fight a losing battle for Fiume. His mind was in the past or troubled by the nightmare of Fascism. "The idea that Italy was mistreated at Versailles," he mumbled, "is an historic lie. . . . Actually Italy fared better at Versailles than any of the major powers. . . . Her northern boundaries extended to the Alps ... her ancient enemy [Austria] destroyed. Italy ... a first-rate power. ... We shall have to start all over again...
Semifeudal Latifondisti, powerful landowners long protected by Fascism, saw in independence a chance to prolong their rule. Sicilians in general saw in Italy the source of all their recent grief. They flocked around Andrea Finocchiaro-Aprile, energetic mouthpiece for Sicilian separatism, and nominal head of the maffia...
...Chinese politics cannot be divorced from the main current of international thinking, which is toward democracy and liberalism, against which stand fascism and autocracy. Our enemies are the opponents of democracy. The democratic world is veering to the left and we shall have to keep in step with the world...
...These critics seem to sense the undemocratic elements in our midst. It is their conviction that for the future peace of the world fascism and tyranny shall not be tolerated in any country and that democracy shall prevail...
Hollywood abandons its "we like everybody" policy in this movie, and the dangers of fascism are stated frankly and tersely. Pearl Buck's novel has been followed closely for the most part. The action 'begins in a peaceful pro-war Chinese valley; then, "the dwarfa" from across the mountains send over their deadly bombs. Shocked into realization of what is happening, the Chinese use all their skill and fortitude to ward off the enemy...